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chapter 9.4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| exoskeleton | a skeleton that forms the external surface of an animal, as the arthropods |
| pereopod | paired legs in decapods |
| abdomen | The portion of a decapod body between the cephalothorax and the tail |
| pieopods | Specialized appendage beneath the body of a decapod, also “swimmeret.” |
| molt | The exoskeleton that is shed during the molting process. |
| maxillipeds | a food sorting appendage of some crustaceans |
| antennae | a sensory appendage on the head of arthropods |
| nauplius | a planktonic larva of many crustaceans |
| carapace | theb shiled like structure that covers the anterior of some crustaceans . |
| cephalothorax | the anterior portion of the body of many arthropods,which consists of head fused with other body segmants |
| compound eyes | an eye that consistys of numerous light-sensitive units |